Chapter 8: Adjustment and Growing Curiosity
It had been nearly a month since Ledo first started working on the Halberd. Sailor Dee had been patient enough to help teach him the ropes of how to perform maintenance on the ship, even while in the air. He and Chamber ultimately created a schedule of waking up, eating, checking on various machinery such as the engines and the reactor, performing needed repairs, and then he would spend the rest of the day being taught Dreamland's language by Sailor Dee in the reading room. There were a few times where Meta Knight was able to teach him, but he was usually too busy to do that. At some point, Kirby would come over to spend time with the ensign. Unsurprisingly, not everyone on the ship was completely okay with him. While each individual member's reaction to him seemed to vary, the Meta Knights as a whole seemed to slightly dislike him, possibly due to him beating them during the fourth test. Even Captain Vul, who had at first appeared to approve Ledo's joining, seemed to have his doubts about keeping him on the ship. The ensign chalked this up to what the avian said regarding someone as young as him working on a battleship. While Sailor Dee was mostly kind to him, he did get frustrated if the ensign didn't do what he said correctly. The two would then become mutually bothered by each other, leading to the young man forcing himself to take a break and talk to Chamber. Such things got under his nerves easily.
"Ensign Ledo, how has it been living on the Halberd?" Meta Knight asked.
The ensign hesitated for a moment to answer. Today was one of the days where the blue puff was able to teach Ledo to speak the language himself. The young man couldn't really tell how he was supposed to answer.
"It…it good. Hard to work. But it good." He responded.
The knight nodded. "I imagined the rest of the crew might be a bit difficult for you to work with, but I believe that you'll be able to at least mutually respect each other at some point."
"I hope."
"I'm sure you will. If someone as stubborn as Dedede can treat you almost like family after what you did to him, anything is possible for you." The knight commented.
"Fa…mi…ly?" Ledo asked.
"The label applied to units comprised of mates and those of blood relations." Chamber explained.
"That is thing?"
"…you do not have a family, ensign?" Meta Knight questioned.
"Inefficient. Not needed."
"…I see."
There was always something about the way the puff said that phrase that made Ledo tense, but the particularly almost-disappointed tone he used this time made it worse. There was no way for him to tell exactly how the knight was feeling if his eyes didn't change color. At least he was able to create a database in Chamber for that.
"There is something else on your mind, tell me what it is." Meta Knight ordered.
Ledo paused for a moment before he answered "…am I useful?"
"You are useful, ensign. You're just not used to being here." The puff sighed. There was a knock at the door.
"Come in." Captain Vul entered.
"Lord Meta Knight, there's a message for you from Magolor."
The knight stood up "I'll go see what it is. Take a break, Ledo."
The ensign nodded as Meta Knight left the room. Now it was just him and the avian captain.
"Hey, kid, why the long face?" he finally asked.
"Long…face…?"
"He is asking why you look unhappy."
The young man averted his eyes for a moment before he began to speak with Chamber following "I am unable to determine my most appropriate course of action." Vul frowned.
"You know you gotta quit that whole soldier boy mentality you got there. All it's going to do is make your life miserable."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean you have to relax a bit. Even though we have some elements of military protocol on this ship, we're all at least able to loosen up once in a while."
That was when Sailor Dee entered the room. "Just remember what I just said." Captain Vul said and left.
The next day, Ledo was helping Sailor Dee serve breakfast to the crew. The Waddle Dee did the cooking, while the ensign arranged the plates on a tray and served it to those sitting at the tables. It was actually quite calming, a stark contrast to his usual morning work involving machinery.
"Hey, Ledo, can you do me a favor?" the young man heard Sailor Dee calling him.
"What?"
"Can you take Lord Meta Knight his breakfast? Normally, he'd come here to eat it, but he was up late working last night and is sleeping in."
The ensign nodded and asked, "What do…I take?"
The Waddle Dee grabbed a bowl of vanilla gelato with chocolate sauce from the freezer and neatly arranged it on a tray with a small creamer-sized pitcher of espresso.
"What this?" he asked.
"It's an affogato. Lord Meta Knight eats one every morning for breakfast."
Come to think of it, Ledo did remember seeing him eat the same thing for breakfast every day since he started working on the ship.
"Do you remember where his room is?" Sailor Dee asked.
The ensign hesitated for a moment before speaking, Chamber following "Yes, I remember. Chamber made a map of the ship's interior when you gave me a tour so I wouldn't get lost." The Dee smiled as Ledo took the tray and headed out.
The ensign followed Chamber's directions until he reached the location. The door had the insignia worn by Meta Knight on it, showing that this was indeed the right room. Ledo gave three loud knocks on the door. He heard some faint mumbling and shuffling sounds on the other side of the door, as if someone was suddenly woken up by the sound.
"…who is it?" even with how groggy his voice sounded; it was unmistakably Meta Knight.
"Breakfast." The ensign responded.
"Just…leave it outside the door, ensign. I'll get it in a minute." The knight responded.
"Under…stood." He placed the tray in front of the door and walked down the hallway until he rounded a corner. He briefly looked back down the hallway to see an arm reach out of the door and pull the tray in.
"Ensign Ledo, I believe you should be getting back to work." He was startled by the voice of Chamber.
"Oh…uh…right…" he began to walk quickly back to the kitchen.
It took maybe an hour, but Ledo finished cleaning the kitchen. Sailor Dee had given him a fair exchange where he'll cover the ensign's mechanic duties if he cleaned the kitchen. The unfortunate problem with this is that now he had nothing to do. All he could do was sit in the inner hanger with Chamber and wait for further instructions. Not only that, but he also had to wait to hear back from Magolor. The mage had agreed to search for information about where his allies were throughout space and dimensions, but he and the Lor needed the time to comb for it. He'd contact Chamber if he found something. Back to carving holes in these claws it is. He had to make a new one anyway, since Daroach took the last one he made. One could argue that since thieves generally only take things that are considered valuable, doing that was the mouse's indirect way of complementing his craftmanship, but he still stole something from him.
"Ensign Ledo, are you curious about Meta Knight's true appearance?" Chamber asked.
"What makes you think that?" his pilot responded, not even batting an eye.
"I detect brainwaves similar to those of when you stopped moving after delivering breakfast."
"Thinking about the war now won't do anything, right?"
"Correct."
"Then I might as well try to distract myself."
"Agreed, but with reservations. Returning to your unit is a priority."
"I know, but we can't do that without proper coordinates." He blew off a bit of smoke on the claw.
"Do you have an idea of what he's hiding under his mask?"
"I believe such questions are beyond the limitations of your post on this battleship, but I have a working hypothesis."
That made him look up from the claw. "What is it?"
"My hypothesis is that Meta Knight is the same species as Kirby." The little of the puff's face the ensign had already seen seemed to match up.
"…do you want to test that hypothesis?"
"Ensign Ledo, do you believe that is a good idea?"
"Well, we don't have anything else to do until we receive more orders or Magolor contacts us. Why don't we test it out?"
"Agreed, but with reservations. Reasonable course of action would be to withdraw when in danger."
Ledo seemingly laughed to himself. "Hopefully it won't have to come to that." He stood up and stretched. "Let's start by asking Captain Vul."
"You're asking what Lord Meta Knight looks like without his mask?"
Everyone on the bridge turned to face the captain and ensign as if the two of them had grown an extra arm.
"Correct. Would like know." Ledo nodded.
"Why?! Lord Meta Knight would skin you alive for asking something like that!" Axe Knight yelled from the ship's wheel.
The ensign paused for a moment before speaking, Chamber following "I am curious and…"
"Does wherever you come from have the phrase 'curiosity killed the Scarfy'?" Trident Knight asked, leaning against a wall.
"I do not understand what that means." Ledo responded through Chamber.
"It's simple. Don't stick your nose in things you shouldn't. Otherwise…" he drew a line with a finger approximately where his neck would be. The gesture was enough to tell the ensign what he meant. The young man remembered how serious the blue puff sounded when asking if he saw his face. The crew's current behavior seemed to confirm how protective he was when it came to the subject.
"Are you all saying this because you don't know or because you don't want to tell me?" He asked again through Chamber.
"We do know, but we swore not to tell anyone! It's a matter of privacy that we have to respect!" Mace Knight exclaimed. Ledo paused for a moment before talking
"Then you… not tell me?"
"Like hell we would!" the response from the Meta-Knights was unanimous.
"I mean, you can ask him when he returns from patrol if ya wanted, but I don't think he'll tell you." Vul said as breathed some smoke out of his pipe.
"Okay. Shall wait."
"HUH!?" the knights turned to the young man in confusion as he left the room.
After waiting a few minutes until he was a decent enough distance away, Axe Knight spoke up "Captain Vul, shouldn't we stop him?"
The captain paused again to breath out some smoke. "Nah, let him go. It's good to see him act less like a soldier." He replied.
Ledo traversed the hallways until he felt something soft hit his back and give him a cheerful squeeze. There was no doubt about who it was.
"…hello, Kirby." He said, still a bit stunned from the sudden tackle.
"Hiiiiiiii Ledooooo!" the puff exclaimed happily before using his hug to flip himself over the young man and land in front of him. "Ah! You're getting better at speaking! Soon you won't need Chamber to interpret everything for you!" the young man couldn't understand why the puff was so excited over something so small. "Are you done with work for the day? Let's go do something!" before Ledo could get a word in, he was beginning to be dragged off to the hanger. How the child had so much energy like this was always a mystery to the young man. However, his mind began to recall that the puff could possibly help with his current investigation.
"K…Kirby…" he began to talk.
The puff turned back to face the ensign "What's wrong Ledo, is something wrong? Were they being mean to you? I'll take them on right now if they're being mean to you!" he began to yell before his friend shook his head.
Ledo paused for a moment before talking through Chamber "Could you possibly tell me what Meta Knight looks like without his mask?" Upon hearing the end of that sentence, Kirby hesitated to answer for a moment.
"Well he…it's…um…" the puff shook his head as if he was internally debating with himself.
"I believe you do know the answer to this question." Chamber commented.
"I do, but…" the puff just seemed to become more uncertain "I'd rather respect Meta Knight's privacy…"
From the short time the ensign knew this puff, that seemed like a very Kirby thing to say.
"Oh…" the response just seemed to slip off the young man's tongue.
"But I think I can introduce you to someone else who might tell you!" the puff's sudden burst of energy was a harsh whiplash to the young man.
"Another… friend?" he asked.
Kirby gave a nod. "Come on, let's go!" the ensign felt himself being dragged again. Due to the difference in height, he had no choice but to go along if he didn't want to faceplant onto the floor.
Tucked between the many hills of Dreamland was a tiny village. To someone who has never been here before, it seemed like any other tiny village in the country. However, this place was actually home to bakery-café-gift shop hybrid Café Meringue and was owned by two of Kirby's friends, Burning Leo and Chilly. As of right now, they only had one customer in their building, and she was humming to herself while looking at her phone. Susie had no idea why Kirby called so out of the blue to meet her in such an out-of-the-way location, but it had to be urgent if that was the case.
"So…uh…are you ready to order yet, mam?" Burning Leo asked from behind the front counter.
"I'll just take a mint iced tea for now…" she sighed, impatiently.
Co-owner nodded as he went to the back. The bell on the front door opened, drawing the secretary's attention, and Kirby walked in with Ledo following him.
The puff turned to her and ran over with excitement. "Hi, Susie! Thanks for taking time out of your day to meet with me!"
The lady narrowed her eyes "You're late by about ten minutes…"
"I was fashionably late!" the child smiled, only for both the ensign and the secretary to exhale in frustration. "Well, take a seat!" he motioned to the young man, who nodded and sat across from Susie.
"Oh, I don't believe we met before. Do you mind telling me who you are?" she said, folding her hands as if at a formal business discussion.
The ensign hesitated for a moment before talking through Chamber "My name is Ensign Ledo of the Human Galactic Alliance. I am the pilot of the Machine Caliber Chamber." Upon hearing the word "pilot", Susie's eyes seemed to widen.
"A Machine Caliber? Is that something like our Invader Armor?" There was excitement in her voice.
"What is this "Invader Armor" you speak of?" Chamber and Ledo seemed to both ask this time.
"They're robots that can be piloted, like Chamber, but they're nowhere near as big." Kirby explained.
"He has a giant robot? Why didn't you tell me earlier?! Where is it!? With that mechanical voice, are YOU the robot!?" the lady seemed to become more excited upon hearing that.
"Chamber not here. Left on Halberd."
The secretary was startled by the sudden change in speaking tone. "Didn't you sound a bit more robotic earlier?"
Ledo removed the communication device from his ear and held it out "My name is Chamber. I am an Autonomous Support Enlightenment Interface System. As Ensign Ledo is still learning the language, I act as an interpreter."
"Ooh, how amazing!" Even Kirby seemed to be taken aback by her sudden squealing. Her excitement was cut short by Chilly standing next to her with her iced tea and an irritated look on his face. The secretary cleared her throat and took the glass.
After Kirby placed an order for him and the ensign, she suddenly asked "Wait…Ensign Ledo…no, ensign would be a title… Mr. Ledo, you mentioned the Halberd…are you part of the Halberd crew?" The young man nodded.
"He joined a week ago. He mostly does mechanical maintenance." Kirby said.
Susie seemed to hum "Well, we might have an opening at Haltmann Works if you're interested!"
"Not interested."
"Huh?! Then what did Kirby call me here for?!" she exclaimed.
The ensign paused for a moment before speaking through Chamber. "Kirby said that you could possibly tell me what Meta Knight looks like without his mask."
Susie appeared to frown for a moment before she began to fold her hands again. "Oh, yes, I can tell you everything I know. But in exchange, you give me that robot of yours."
"No."
"Oh, but why not? I think it's a fair trade off, considering that I know a lot about him!" she tried to give a smile but couldn't get the image of his icy glare out of her mind.
"Chamber is too important to me." The ensign spoke, his mech following.
"Oh…" The secretary sighed.
"You claim you know a lot about Meta Knight. How?"
"We met a while back. Don't dig into it too much." The ensign raised an eyebrow at that. She was clearly hiding something. The lady only seemed to shrug and spoke again "Oh but let me offer you another deal. If you and Chamber join the Haltmann Works Company, I'll tell you about him!"
"No."
"What?! Why?! We have several employee benefits that…"
"Do not want." Ledo only continued to glare at her, until she broke eye contact. Susie then seemed to start mumbling to herself, tapping the rim of her glass. During her session of mumbling, Burning Leo placed their orders on the table.
"Aha! Here's a deal you won't reject!" she suddenly exclaimed. The ensign only tilted his head in confusion. "Allow me to look at your mecha, and I shall answer all I can about Meta Knight!" she crossed her arms, as if confident in herself. Ledo only gave an unamused look as he bit into his sandwich. "Is that a no then?" the secretary seemed to pout. The young man said nothing and only continued to look at her with silent judgement.
It didn't take long for him to speak up with Chamber following "I have no reason to trust you right now. Even if you are one of Kirby's friends." He took a sip of water. "Based on your shady behavior, I believe that you previously fought Kirby."
The lady seemed to wince at that. "Yes, the Haltmann Works Company did attempt to mechanize Popstar in the past, but it's all fine now! We've instead decided to use the power of science to give people happy lives and family harmony!"
Ledo seemed to pause for a moment. "Mech…anize?"
"It is the process of turning organic lifeforms into cyborgs by implanting them with various mechanical parts." The ensign breathed out heavily upon hearing Chamber's response.
"But of course, everything's fine now, right, Kirby?" she smiled.
"Yup!" the puff smiled back. The young man quickly finished his meal before standing up.
"Oh? Are you leaving already?" Susie questioned.
Ledo hesitated before speaking through Chamber "Yes, since I'm not getting the information that I want here."
Kirby scratched his head "Sorry, Ledo, I wish I could help more…"
"Help was appreciated." The young man spoke before turning around and walking towards the door.
"Wait a second, I think we can talk this out more!" Susie shouted as she ran after the ensign.
By the time Kirby turned around upon hearing the bells on the front door ring and saw that the secretary was frozen in horror. The answer was clear when he got a better look. Meta Knight was standing in the doorway, cape wrapped around himself.
"Lord Meta Knight, what are you doing here?" the ensign calmly spoke through Chamber, as if trying to break the tension that suddenly appeared.
"I was looking for you, as there was something I wanted to discuss with you." The knight explained before his eyes met those of Susie's behind Ledo. The air suddenly became colder.
"How did you know where I was?" the young man and his AI continued.
"I asked Chamber for your location. Now, would you care to explain to me what's going on? En. Sign. Ledo." Meta Knight's tone was icier than the young man had ever heard it, especially when he punctuated his title. He didn't really know how exactly to respond.
"Kirby wanted me to meet her." That was the best he could think of.
The knight seemed to scoff at that. "Really? What for?" the blue puff's tone was calm, but Ledo could've sworn there was a crack in his voice, as if he was trying to hold back what appeared to be anger. Quite poorly, as his eyes were flickering between yellow and red.
"Meta-sensei, it's my fault!" Kirby ran up to stand in between his mentor and the young man. "I was the person who brought Ledo here to meet her! So please don't get angry at him!" Upon hearing that, the blue puff's eyes turned back to yellow and he exhaled.
"So…um…Meta Knight…you seem to be…doing well…" Susie spoke up from behind the ensign, in a clearly nervous tone.
"I am doing well." He huffed.
"Oh, well… that's good, isn't it…?"
"No thanks to you!" the knight's sudden outburst caused Ledo and Kirby to stumble back a bit, now placing them out of the way of the secretary.
"Do you really believe that it's okay to just cover up what you've done?!" He yelled.
"I already apologized and I'm working to become a better person!" Susie responded quickly, but was cut off by Meta Knight
"What? You said "I'm sorry"? Do you really think you're a better person just because you said "I'm sorry"?! Well, it would mean something if it was something like "I'm sorry I spilled tea on your new rug". But that's not the case here. Apologies tend to mean nothing if you put them in front of phrases like "I'm sorry I made you nauseous just thinking about doing one of the things you love for a year" and "I'm sorry that I scarred you for life" and "I'm sorry that I caused millions in damages"! But go on about how you're a better person now, you frigid witch!"
Ledo and Kirby could only stare in shock. "Threat level has climbed by 100%. I recommend that you escape the area as soon as possible." He heard Chamber's voice but could not respond.
"I said I was working on trying to be better!" the secretary shouted.
"If that's really the case, then for the love of Nova, accept the fact that you can't fix everything! You absolute waste of oxygen!" The lady seemed to be stunned by those words. "In your case, especially, there are some actions whose consequences can never go away, no matter how much you try to make up for them!"
"Sir, this is a restaurant, please take your lecture outside." Burning Leo said from behind the counter.
"WOULD YOU SHUT UP?!" The knight roared at him, slamming his fist on a table so hard that he broke it, to the screaming dismay of the two owners. "…I'll pay for that later." He grumbled before turning to Susie "Good on you for what you're doing, but if I see you anywhere near any of my subordinates or me again, I won't hesitate to cut you down." He then turned around and began to walk away.
"Meta-sensei, you have to calm down…!" Kirby began to run towards Meta Knight.
"Leave me alone!" he yelled sharply, freezing the child in his tracks. He then glared at Susie "I've said this once and I will say it again. We will never be friends." That was when he flew out the door, leaving everyone in the café in shock.
The silence was broken by Bio Spark dropping down from the ceiling "I've arrived to pick up my cake order…" he was cut off upon looking at the scene. "…what happened here?"
Chilly turned to him slowly and said "Don't worry about it. Let me get your cake from the back."
While Burning Leo began to clean up the mess that was made, Susie walked up to Ledo. "Mr. Ledo, I'd like to offer my sincerest apologies for earlier." She bowed.
"Why didn't you tell me that he hated you?" he asked through Chamber.
"I know not everyone could forgive my actions and I wanted to start with a clean slate when talking to you. To do that, I didn't say much about my past actions. I'd like to still do something to make it up. So, if you'd let me, I'll pay for your meal and Kirby's as an apology." She sighed. All the young man could do was nod. That was when Kirby ran outside. "Hey! Kirby! Wait!" the secretary yelled. Ledo ran after him.
They ran for half an hour before the duo had only enough energy left to sit by a nearby tree. The two spent the first few minutes panting in exhaustion.
"Why…did run?" Ledo managed to say.
"I… wanted to see if I could catch up with Meta Knight." The puff said sadly.
"He want…to be alone." The ensign replied.
"I know he said that, but I'm still gonna worry about him." Kirby commented with concern. Ledo could only sigh. That was the most Kirby response if he'd heard one. "Meta Knight usually controls his anger really well, but sometimes he just bursts like that." The child gave a small, half-hearted laugh "It's a bit funny, since he's usually the one lecturing me about how I should control my anger!" The ensign couldn't help but be worried about the young puff. Such a troubled tone of voice sounded so unlike him.
"I detect a presence above you, Ensign." He heard Chamber's voice and immediately raised his pistol to the tree above him. Something dropped down from the tree.
"Calm down. Uh…Ledo, your name's Ledo, right? I'm not going to hurt you." The young man lowered his pistol, slightly surprised.
"How do…you know name?" It was the person from the bakery, and his hands were raised to show that he didn't mean any harm to the young man.
The ninja spoke "My name is Bio Spark, I'm a friend of Kirby's. He told me about you."
The pink puff looked up. "Hey, Bio, what're you doing here…?" Kirby said almost dully, immediately drawing the ninja's attention.
"I came to see if you're alright, which you clearly aren't."
"Yeah…I'm just a bit upset over what happened earlier with Meta Knight and how he suddenly flew off without warning." The puff seemed to sigh.
"You mean with him snapping at you and destroying a table?"
Kirby nodded in response. Chilly and Leo likely filled him in on what happened while they were gone.
"Kirby's…friend?"
Bio Spark turned his attention to the young man and answered "Yes, we do hang out sometimes, usually with the rest of our little friend group. We should introduce them to you at some point." The ensign nodded in response.
"Oh yeah, that secretary lady wanted me to give this to you two." He pulled out a box and handed it to Ledo.
"What this?" he questioned, as if debating on whether or not to open it.
"It's a lemon tart from Café Meringue. She wants you to have it so you can give it to Meta Knight as an apology or something." Bio Spark replied.
Kirby's eyes seemed to light up upon hearing that.
"How…will help?" Ledo hesitantly asked.
"Don't you know?! Meta Knight loves sweets!" the pink puff exclaimed.
"Huh? I thought that was just a rumor." Bio Spark commented.
"He does, though! He's just won't admit it!" The knight's choice of breakfast should've tipped the young man off to that. He decided to make a mental note of that.
"Oh! By the way, what were you doing at the café anyway?" Kirby asked.
"Oh, I was just picking up a cake I ordered for my sister's birthday party tomorrow." The ninja explained.
"Huh!? A party?! Why wasn't I invited?!"
"The Bio Clan is very secretive…I could let you come, but then we'll have to kill you. Sorry, I don't make the rules."
"LET ME COME! COME OOOONNNN! I WON'T TELL!"
"Attending such an unproductive and dangerous event would not be a reasonable course of action." Chamber spoke
"I DON'T CAREEEE!" Ledo could only sigh.
A short time later, Kirby and Ledo entered the Halberd's inner hanger.
"HEY!"
The duo looked up to see Sailor Dee waving at them. Upon getting their attention, the Waddle Dee slid down the ladder and ran over to them. "E-Ensign Ledo! I have orders from Lord Meta Knight!" he exclaimed. That got the young man's attention.
"What orders?"
"He wants you to come to his room immediately!" the Dee saluted.
Ledo hesitated for a moment. "…understood." Clenching the box in his hand, the ensign walked off into the ship, leaving Sailor Dee and Kirby in the inner hanger.
"Hey, Sailor Dee, is Meta Knight okay?" the pink puff asked. "He's probably a bit startled over his actions earlier, but I think he'll be okay after he talks things out with you and the ensign." The Dee was more confident than usual when he said that, which helped reassure the child. "So, you want to go work on a puzzle with me while you wait?"
"Sure!" The Waddle Dee gleefully took the pink puff's hand and began to drag him off, to the puff's own surprise.
Ledo followed Chamber's directions until he reached Meta Knight's room. The ensign felt himself tense up and had to exhale deeply in order to calm his nerves. The incident at the café continued to weigh heavily on his mind. There was no doubt that he was called here to discuss what he was happened and more than likely be punished for it. Regardless, he was a soldier. He had to accept the consequences. He knocked three times on the door.
"Who is it?"
"…Ensign Ledo, sir."
There was a moment of silence.
"Please come in."
The young man took a deep breath and entered the room.
This chapter and the next one were particular favorites of mine to write. As much as I enjoy character interactions, I tend to become worried about writing characters out-of-character. Meta Knight in this chapter was a particular example of that. Overall, I'm very happy with how this chapter turned out.
While I mentioned Susie in the first chapter, not having her directly appear would be a missed opportunity, especially considering that one of the main reasons I want a Switch-exclusive Super Robot Wars game is so there's a higher chance of Kirby Planet Robobot debuting. I had to correct it.
Omake (Bonus):
TK: "Does where ever you come from have the phrase 'curiosity killed the Scarfy'?"
L: "I do not understand what that means."
TK: "Well, it's true. My Scarfy is dead and-"
Vul: "He's saying not to dig into things you shouldn't."
Mace: "Wait, you can keep a Scarfy as a pet?"